North Dakota’s Grand Farm Earns Another $7 Million in State Funding

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(North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota is investing $7 million into Grand Farm to promote research on robotics, artificial intelligence and other technology for autonomous agriculture.

Greg Tehven, chair of the Grand Farm board, said the top priority is building up the facilities and infrastructure on the research campus west of Casselton.

“It increases our capacity for more testing of technology for farmers, more partners to engage, the ability to have more trials on site and deeper collaboration with both public and private sector,” Tehven said.

The funding is through the state Commerce Department’s Autonomous Agriculture Grant Program. The state Legislature in 2021 made $10 million in federal funds available for the program. Grand Farm was the sole recipient of that grant round.

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